$100,000 Bond Set In Fatal Stabbing

Chicago — A South Side man who is accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend in a quarrel that began when she refused to marry him was ordered held on $100,000 bond Wednesday.

Kent Eley, 32, of 6430 S. Stony Island Ave., appeared before Cook County Circuit Judge Robert Bastone, who set Eley's bond in the Tuesday killing of Beulah Elaine Hubbard, 34, of the South Side.

According to Assistant State's Atty. Donna Norton, Hubbard had suffered broken legs and a broken pelvis in a car accident and could only walk with a cane. During a quarrel with Hubbard, Eley plunged a 14-inch butcher knife into her chest, Norton said.

Eley, who is charged with first-degree murder, told authorities that Hubbard had quarreled with him over his drinking and come at him with a weapon, which he took away, Norton said. Eley told authorities he sat on a bed, holding the knife, then got up and stabbed Hubbard, Norton said.